The Pass Red Devils Explained

Team:The Pass Red Devils
City:Crowsnest Pass, Alberta
League:Alberta Junior Hockey League
Operated:1972–1976
Name1:The Pass Red Devils
Dates1:1972–1976
Name2:Pincher Creek Panthers
Dates2:1976–1978
Name3:Calgary Chinooks
Dates3:1978–1979
Name4:Calgary Spurs
Dates4:1979–1990
Name5:Calgary Royals
Dates5:1990–2010
Name6:Calgary Mustangs
Dates6:2010–2019
Name7:Blackfalds Bulldogs
Dates7:2021–

The Pass Red Devils were a Junior A ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League that played in the municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, from 1972 to 1976. The team relocated to nearby Pincher Creek for two years before settling in Calgary as the Calgary Spurs.

Their four-season tenure in Crowsnest Pass was mostly unsuccessful. The Red Devils never finished a season with more wins than losses and still hold the record for the worst full season in terms of wins and points in Alberta Junior Hockey League history with their 3–56–1 record in 1974–75, although the Calgary Cowboys and Drumheller Falcons recorded worse records before folding mid-season. Their 28-game losing streak that season is also still a league record[1] as 2005.

Crowsnest Pass was later represented in the AJHL by the Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves from 1998 to 2004.

Season-by-season records

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season GP W L T GF GA Pts Finish Playoffs
1972–73 60 27 33 0 254 308 54 4th Overall Lost Semifinals, 2–4 vs. Red Deer Rustlers
1973–74 60 29 30 1 241 221 59 4th Overall Won Semifinals, 4–1 vs. Calgary Canucks
Lost Finals, 1–4 vs. Red Deer Rustlers
1974–75 60 3 56 1 169 467 7 6th Overall Did not qualify
1975–76 60 15 45 0 277 405 30 6th Overall Did not qualify

See also

Notes and References

  1. 2005-06 Alberta Junior Hockey League Regular Season Record Book. http://www.ajhl.ca/records/2005-06_AJHL_Reg_Records.pdf (accessed March 29, 2007)